Source: Warner Brothers 

  

After collaborating on two short films (Global Warning, Water Planet), filmmakers Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen and Leonardo DiCaprio set out to explore the larger story of the human experience on the planet.  Seeking out credible voices to speak to the history of the human species, the state of the oceans, land and air, and social, design and political challenges for change, the trio ultimately netted 150 hours of interviews with over 70 scientists, designers, historians and thinkers.  "We reached out to independent experts on the front lines of what could be the greatest challenge of our time: the collapse of our planet's ecosystems and our search for solutions to create a sustainable future," says Leonardo DiCaprio.

"We ourselves wanted to understand why humans were on a crash course with nature, and what we had to do to change course," says co-writer/co-director/producer Leila Conners Petersen.  Her sister and collaborator, Nadia Conners, adds, "One of the great things about doing this project was being able to meet people that inspired me or opened my mind through their work and writings.  It was a great honor and a huge learning experience."

 

 

The 11th Hour examines the human relationship with earth from its earliest glimmers of innovation, to the challenges humanity faces in the present, to the possibilities of the future.

 

Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service

Bluefin tuna tagged within minutes of each other off the coast of Ireland have provided fresh evidence of the endangered creature's incredible trans-oceanic journeys.

One of the giant fish, weighing close to 250 kilograms, showed up off the coast of Cuba eight months after it was tagged. The other ended up more than 5,000 kilometres away in the Strait of Gibraltar.

"It's quite astonishing," says biologist Michael Stokesbury of Dalhousie University in Halifax, who says he and his colleagues were amazed to see tuna from the same school of fish end up on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Naked Lunch - Bif Naked`s Search for Food
By Carol Crenna
Source: vista

Canadian musician Bif Naked discusses being a vegan

Born to teen parents in New Delhi, India, found and adopted by American missionaries, then moved to Minneapolis, Kentucky, and Winnipeg, Bif Naked may have had a turbulent beginning but she has landed on two feet. In 1995, after a rebellious youth and a successful career launch, she gave up the road that leads nowhere—smoking, drinking, drugs and bad food—and began her quest for a supremely healthy lifestyle.

Vista: How long have you been interested in healthy eating?

Bif: I have been a vegetarian for ten years and a strict raw food vegan for three.